A WALK TO TAKE DENBIES HILLSIDE AND RANMORE COMMON, SURREY

TRAVERSING THE CHALK PATHS OF THE SURREY DOWNS, THIS FIVE-ANDA-HALF-MILE WALK OFFERS DRAMATIC HILLTOP VIEWS IN ALL DIRECTIONS. BEGIN AT THE RANMORE WEST CAR PARK AND MAKE YOUR WAY ONTO THE PATH. ENTER THE WOODLAND OF SILVER BIRCH, CONTINUE THROUGH THE TREES TO EMERGE ONTO THE HILLSIDE, AND ENJOY THE VIEWS OF DORKING AND BOX HILL FROM ‘GOD’S SEAT’. TAKING UP THE PATH AGAIN, CROSS THE OLD RAILWAY BRIDGE, LOOKING OUT FOR THE STEAM TRAINS. WALK ON TOWARDS THE CHURCH, PERHAPS STOPPING AT THE WOTTON HATCH PUB. TO RETURN, HEAD DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL YOU PASS UNDER THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AND CONTINUE ONTO CARRIAGE WAY. ASCENDING, YOU WILL PASS THE HOLLOW OF A DISUSED LIME KILN BEFORE YOU SEE LEITH HILL TOWER, ONE OF THE FINEST VIEWS IN SURREY (nationaltrust.org. uk/denbies-hillside/trails/ ranmore-west-to-thewotton-hatch-pub-walk).